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Travel Ephesus |
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Around Ephesus |
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House of Virgin
Marry |
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Some four to six years after the death of Christ,
St. John is said to have accompanied the Virgin Mary
to Ephesus, where it is believed they dwelt in a
small house over which now stands the Council
Church, or the Church of the Virgin Mary. The
Council Ephesus, dated of 431 record this. Later St.
John brought the Virgin Mother to a house on the
slopes of Bülbül Mountain, the position of which was
later forgotten, until research was begun in 1891 to
find traces of it. Katerina Emmerikin discovered
this house at Panaya Kapulu, which fits the
descriptions given in the sources. It was officially
accepted to be the house of the Virgin in 1892 with
the celebration of high mass there by Timoni,
Archbishop of İzmir, and this belief has recently
been confirmed by Pope Paul VI in 1967 and Pope John
Paul II in 1979 with the celebration of high mass at
Ephesus. The house is reached by a road leading from
the ruins of Ephesus towards the Bülbül Mountain,
and is only a short walk from the road (100 m).
 On
the site of the House of the Virgin Mary is a
cruciform church with a central dome, which is
thought to have been incorporated into the original
building in the 6-7th centuries.
 The
later structure can easily be identified, as shown
in red. Entering the church via an arched Rortico
with flanking niches, one reaches a vaulted narthex,
from which a raised portal leads to the nave and
apse. A statue of the Virgin Mary to be seen here
was erected in the last century, and is fronted bya
grey hearth area, known to have been used for
burning coal, and traces of coal and wine were found
there during excavations. The small room to the
south was a bed chamber. The absidal niche in the
eastern wall of this room is regarded as a shrine by
Moslems, who believe in the saintliness of the
Virgin Mary. Arabic inscriptions around the walls
are quotations from the Koran relating to the Virgin
Mary. To the west are a series of fountains
springing from below the floor of the house. The
water flowing from these fountains is considered
curative.
Visitors are free to drink the waters under the
shade of the shrine.
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Ephesus Yesterday & Today |
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